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beginning
/bɪˈɡɪn.ɪŋ/
noun
The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
"What was the beginning of the dispute?"
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